Announcing Books from 2012 on Japanese Performing Arts

Below is a partial list of books on various aspects of the performing arts in Japan that were published in English on major academic presses in 2012.

The Japanese Performing Arts SIG intends to periodically offer these bibliographic lists as a service to the profession. Please inform us of any additional books to add to this list.

Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion

By Shawn Bender (University of California Press, 2012)

Intimate Distance: Andean Music in Japan

By Michelle Bigenho (Duke University Press, 2012)

Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop

By Michael Bourdaughs (Columbia University Press, 2012)

Songs from the Edge of Japan: Music-Making in Yaeyama and Okinawa

By Matt Gillan (Ashgate Press, 2012)

Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools

By David Hebert (Springer Press, 2012)

Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions

By Keith Howard (Ashgate Press, 2012)

Hearts of Pine

By Joshua D. Pilzer (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Japanese Studies Conference in Europe

The 9th conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) will be held in Bergen, Norway, on August 21-23, 2013.The conference theme is Translation, Education and Innovation.

Ethnomusicologist Keith Howard (Professor, SOAS) is one of the Keynote Speakers for NAJAKS 2013, and Japanese Performing Arts SIG member David Hebert (Professor, Grieg Academy) is one of the conference hosts. Music performances and art exhibitions are being planned, and we also intend to organize a paper session on performing arts in East Asia. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 1^st, 2013.

Click here for more information: http://www.najaks.org/?page_id=703

Welcome

Welcome to the blog for the Japanese Performing Arts Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

This blog will be used to post occasional announcements approved by the SIG chair.

The Japanese Performing Arts – Special Interest Group was established within SEM in spring of 2012 in order to bring together scholars, performers, and other enthusiasts interested in Japanese performing arts broadly defined. Membership in the group is open to anyone interested in the study and performance of Japanese performing arts.

Officers:

Chair

Jennifer Milioto Matsue

Union College

Matsuej[at]union.edu

Secretary

Justin Hunter

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

justin.r.hunter[at]gmail.com

Website Manager

David Hebert

Bergen University College

dgh[at]hib.no

           

Mission Statement

The mission of the Japanese Performing Arts – Special Interest Group is to support the study of Japanese performing arts, primarily through the sponsorship and promotion of discussion, events and publications related to Japanese performing arts. 

The group does the following:

-       explores what encompasses Japanese performing arts, continuing to question the definition of Japanese(ness)

-       provides a forum for scholars and performers of Japanese Performing Arts

-       offers an organizational basis to plan and execute events that focus on Japanese Performing Arts

-       helps in the coordination of paper sessions, conferences, concerts and other special projects

-       advocates for the promotion of Japanese performing arts

-       strengthens professional ties between scholars, performers, teachers, and professional organizations dedicated to Japanese performing arts

-       provides an information network where scholars can share and promote publications and activities related to the study of Japanese performing arts

Special Interest Group for Japanese Music Listserv 
(JPA-SEMSIG[at]union.edu):

            - To suscribe, please send a message to  JPA-SEMSIG-JOIN[at]union.edu.